Arizona: Sen. Barry Goldwater says flying saucers are real and the Air Force clams up
After recent sightings in Arizona, Sen. Barry Goldwater (R-Ariz.) told the press in April 1958 that flying saucers “are real” and that the Air Force has a project to investigate the reports but clams up when asked about them.
Background
Sen. Barry Goldwater (R-Ariz.) spoke out on the subject of UFOs after recent sightings in Arizona. He told the press: “Flying saucers, unidentified objects or whatever you call them—are real,” adding that the “Air Force has a project to investigate these reports but when you ask about them they clam up.” Eberhart cites the Phoenix Arizona Republic of April 9, 1958, and NICAP's UFO Investigator (June 1958). The account follows the entry in George M. Eberhart's chronology UFOs and Intelligence (CUFOS) and the sources cited there; it is not an independent determination by From Beyond Space.